Responses of the superficial entorhinal cortex in vitro in slices from naive and chronically epileptic rats

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2928-2940

  Bear, Jonathan ^a   Fountain, Nathan B ^a   Lothman, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029970807     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.5.2928     Document Type: Article

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